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In 1976, Per Gessle met Mats Persson, a member of the band Audiovisuellt Angrepp, forming the duo Grape Rock. Later Micke Andersson, Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzon joined and the quintet was born. The group’s name was changed to “Gyllene Tider”, alluding to Mott the Hoople’s song “The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. In the following year, the band had become local celebrities in Halmstad for their Christmas concerts. Taking advantage of this they released their quite rare vinyl EP, Billy, selling about 900 copies. In 1980, the LP Gyllene Tider was released, becoming a huge success in Sweden. “Flickorna på TV2” was the album’s biggest hit.

The second album, released in 1981 under the name Moderna Tider, also enjoyed huge success, and was followed by a national tour. The following year Puls was released, with the hits “Sommartider” and “Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång”.

The group tried to break through to the American market in 1984 with the album Heartland (a six track mini version of the album The Heartland Café released in Sweden) under the name “Roxette”; however, the album flopped, selling only about 8,000 copies. The name Roxette was later used by Per Gessle to name his successful collaboration with Marie Fredriksson. In 1985 Gyllene Tider officially broke up.

In the following years, however, a few Greatest hits albums were released and a number of reunions took place, in particular the immensely popular Återtåget tour of 1996. In 2004 the band celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with the first new album, Finn 5 fel!, in 20 years and a big summer tour in July and August. The tour, called GT25, was a huge success, being the biggest tour in Scandinavia ever and the second largest of all time in the whole of Europe, gathering large crowds all over Sweden. When they performed at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg on August 7, 2004 during the GT25, 58,984 fans watched the concert live, breaking the record set by Bruce Springsteen, and the performance was later broadcast on TV4.

Gyllene Tider reunited again on August 14, 2010, as a surprise encore during Roxette’s concert in Halmstad, both bands’ hometown. They performed a three-song set, featuring the songs “Juni, juli, augusti”, “Sommartider”, and “När alla vännerna gått hem”, with Marie Fredriksson and the rest of the Roxette band joining them on stage for the last number.

In January 2013, the group announced a new album and summer tour in Sweden, both called Dags att tänka på refrängen. The album was released on April 24, 2013, the 19-show tour started on July 5, 2013 in Halmstad and ended August 10 in Eskilstuna.

Swedish owned, and in part by Per Gessle, Cosmos Music has purchased the rights to Gyllene Tider’s 5 first albums, as well as the rights to Per’s first 5 solo albums and Marie Fredriksson’s first 3. More here.

March 13: Folkets park, Hedemora
March 14: Folkets Hus, Karlstad
March 15: Riderhallen, Oslo, Norway
March 18: Olympen, Lund
March 19: Finnevedskolan, Värnamo
March 20: Folkets Park, Tidaholm
March 21: Nittorpshallen, Limmared
March 22: Parken, Borås
March 25: Sporthallen, Vimmerby
March 26: Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
March 27: Folkparken, Mora
March 28: Maserhallen, Borlänge
March 29: Ekilla Sporthall, Märsta
April 29: Karlshamn
April 30: Kristianopel
May 8: Liseberg, Göteborg
May 9: Borås
May 10: Skövde
May 13: Karlskrona
May 14: Dagstorp
May 15: Varberg
May 16: Vara
May 17: Växjö
May 20: Uppsala
May 21: Simonstorp
May 22: Kalmar
May 23: Älmhult
May 24: Helsingborg
May 27: Fagersta
May 28: Södertälje
May 29: Västerås
May 30: Lindfors
May 31: Säter
June 2: Gröna Lund, Stockholm
June 3: Mariestad
June 4: Vänersborg
June 5: Malung
June 6: Karlskoga
June 7: Avesta
June 8: Karlstad
June 10: Tärendö
June 20: Överkalix
June 21: Luleå
June 25: Malmö
June 26: Burseryd
June 27: Kinna
June 28: Torne
July 1: Storebro
July 3: Gamleby
July 4: Linköping
July 5: Sjönelund
July 6: Öland
July 7: Visby
July 8: Vrigstad
July 10: Viskan
July 11: Mohed
July 12: Hede
July 15: Bjurberget
July 16: Hofors
July 17: Köping
July 18: Orsa
July 19: Rättvik
July 21: Gräbbestad
July 22: Ellös
July 23: Hunnebostrand
July 24: Arvika
July 25: Kärrgruvan, Norberg
July 26: Eskilstuna
July 29: Ljusdal
July 30: Gävle
July 31: Mjölby
August 1: Vägasked
August 2: Alingsås
August 5: Östersund
August 6: Lycksele
August 7: Skellefteå
August 8: Norsjö
August 9: Piteå
August 12: Drammen, Norway
August 13: Årjäng
August 14: Hagfors
August 15: Kristinehamn
August 16: Örebro
August 19: Katrineholm
August 20: Borlänge
August 21: Bollstabruk
August 22: Bergsjö
August 23: Sundsvall
August 26: Momarken, Norway
August 28: Tidaholm
August 29: Värnamo
August 30: Huskvarna
September 2: Gjövik, Norway
September 3: Lilleström, Norway
September 4: Trollhättan
September 5: Kungälv
September 6: Folkparken, Halmstad

1982 – Sommartider ’82

July 14: Ljusdal
July 15: Visby
July 17: Hultsfred
July 21: Bengtsfors
July 22: Hunnebostrand
July 23: Varberg
July 24: Åhus
July 28: Örebro
July 29: Mjölby
July 30: Köping
July 31: Västerås
August 1: Öland
August 4: Vrigstad
August 5: Södertälje
August 6: Norberg
August 7: Eskilstuna
August 11: Gävle
August 12: Östersund
August 12: Viskan
August 14: Bergsjö
August 15: Grängesberg
August 19: Borlänge
August 20: Björneborg
August 21: Avesta
August 25: Oslo, Norway
August 27: Värmbol
August 28: Linköping

1984 – Heartland Café

March 16: Köping
March 17: Avesta
March 23: Lidköping
March 24: Limmared
March 28: Östersund
March 29: Örnsköldsvik
March 30: Kalix
March 31: Lycksele
April 5: Alingsås
April 6: Överlida
April 7: Rottneros
April 12: Lund
April 13: Häradsbäck
April 14: Halmstad
April 18: Mjölby
April 19: Gislaved
April 20: Malmö
April 21: Karlshamn
April 22: Blomstermåla